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Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07
Illinois Shaken Up.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Feb. G.-This city was
visited by ali earthquake shortly after
o'clock tins morning. y difference of opinion
exists as to the number of shocks. Some
claim there were five distinct shocks, follow
ing each other in rapid succession, while
others claim that there we're but three. The
time between the first vbra ton to the last
was from fifteen to twenty seconds. The first
shock was the most distinct, the ones fol.
lowing diminishing in intensity until the
vibrations ceased. No damage was done.
CHICAGO, Feb. Ga speclal to the News
from. l4itchtield Ill, says: An earthnuak G
shock was felt here this morning about /
o'clock. The shock was quite severe, caus
ing buildings to vibrate considerably. How
ever, no damage was reported At Nandalia
a similar phenomena was observed.
CHICAGO, Feb GA special to the News
from Terre liaute, Ind, saws: This city
was visited this morning by two severe
shocks OF earthquake which, according to
the testimony of those who experienced
them, were more severe than those of last
fall. The shocks came in quick succession
and were followed by q heavy rumbling
sound which awakened the soundest sleep
ers. The direction was seemingly from the
southeast to the northwest, and the shocks
were felt more in the eastern part of the city.
Houses were ShaNen severely, causing win
dow paneS to rattle and chandeliers to sway
perceptlbly.
ST. LOUIS. Feb Ga slight shock of earth
quake was felt in this city between and 3
O'Clock this morning, The movement was
barely noticeable in the central portion of
the city, but in the outskirts and suburbs sew
era persons were awakened by the shock.
GLoUIsVILLE Ky, Feb Ca slight shock
of earthquake was felt at o'clock this morn
ing in this city and in New Albany and Jet-
ierSUnyillc Ind.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07
Old Wrecks Recalled.

lCopWight 1887 bv James Gordon Bcnnett.1
LONDON, Feb. Z, a. m.-I New York
Herald Cable-Special to the BEE. Every
morning paper devotes column to comments
on the Central Vermont railway accident.
Some recall the Versailles railway catastro-
phe of the I'd of May, 1912, wherein torty-tw
passengers were burned and that at Abergele,
in North Wales, on the 20th of August, 1865.
by which thirty-three persons were burned
through the petroleum igniting. The gens
eral lesson is drawn that the law sh ould reg
ulate the speed around curves near bridges or
trestles and require every carriage to have
axes as part of its furniture as well as more
rigid examination of the metals.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07
PARNELL'S CONDITION.
His Friends Scout the Idea of His
Serious Illness.

NEW YORK, Feb. Especial Telegram to
the BEE. -Rumors have been frequent of
late from Europe regarding Parnell's re-
iicence and inyisibillty, ard these reports
have at length shaped themselves into def
mite reports-some of hereditary consump-
tion ana others impending insanity. The
repetition of these stories caused much COM
ment in this city among the friends of the
Irish cause, and in some quarters positive
alarm. The Best informed, however, such
as those at the head of the parliamentary
fund, scout the idea of disability. In an in
teryiew to-day Hugh King, personal friend
of Parnell and prominent local meWber of
the National league, said: ITO say that the
condition of Parnel's health has excited
grave apprehensions of his friends | regard
as error. 1t is more than probable that the
rumors have been started Tor the purpose of
injurlng the cause. l know the family in
tlmately, and there is no consumption In it.
AS to there being insanity in the family, il is
out of the question. When the time arrives,
and the Irish cause comes up prominently,
Mr. Parnell will be in his place with plenty
OF vigor 70 perform his duty. Even if sick
ness did force Pamell TO relinquish the
leadership OF the party there are dozen men
who could fill his place"
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07
A Military Kanuck's Opinion.

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. O. Special Telegram
to the BEE. When asked by correspondent
what he thought of the threatenin < state of
affairs which might possibly draw the United
States and Great Britain into hostilities Sir
Frederick Middleton, commanding the Cana
dian forces, said the subject was almost too
absurd to talk about so little Importance
have we attached TO all the bluster that has
been fired off recently that neither the minis
ter of militia nor myself have even referred
to the subject. Not single special order
has been sent out of the department to the
Officers commanding corps to hold
themselves in readiness and report on
the efficiency of their regiments, as would
immediately have been done If any serious
movement We're contemplated. "NO," con-
tinued the general. This generation will
never see war between two great English
speaking nations of the world, but the day
may come when the combined efforts of
Great Britain and the United States may be
required to protect themselves against the
aggression OF other countries. In fact, We
cannot afford to fight for the amusement of
those foreign nations, who jealousy watch
the great advancement the English speaking
population OF the world is making in the four
quarters OF the globe, and who woulS like
nothing better than TO see Us at war destroy
lpS one another" =,
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07

tCopHigh 1851 M James Gord1u BcnuctLl
GREENoCK, Feb. 5.-fNew York Herald
Cable-Special to the BEE The Thistle is
now in frame and a beginning has been
made this week with her outside plating.
She will be built entirely of steel and will be
very strong when finished as, although her
racing capacity has been kept
in view, the boisterous Attain
tic passage has been considered.
Captain Barr, who as already stated, will
have the men he had with him in the Clara
in America last year, and also a number of
the Marjor.e's best hands will take the Thistle
out under her racing mast, but with short
boom and gatf, The Thistle will be launched
early in April. In reference to the published
reports of her dimensions in America
it may be stated that not one of
the syndicate has ever seen the
drawings and only are one or two of them
have seen the actual keel and ribs. This in
formation is given to me on the authority of
the designer himself and ought to settle the
many coniectures alloat. Her dimensions
form and everything else were left by the
syndicate in Mr.. Watson's hands. The
statement made in 'he American papers that
seven designs were submitted by Mr.. Wilson
Is entirely erroneous.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07
Partisan Water Color Exhibition.

lCOpWigW 1885, by James Gordon BenneH.1
PARIS, Feb. g. New York Herald Cable
Special to the BEE. The Parlslan water
color exhibition that opened this week is a
great success. Bevies of charming young
ladies gather in enthusiastic groups to ad-
mire a series of military sketches by Edouard
Delalle representing huSSars and chasseurs, a
chevalier in their uniforms galloping about
on chestnut horses. The water colors by the
Baroness Nathaniel de Rothschild have also
scored quite n success, but half dozen eX-
quisitcly finished works by Cavillion, espe-
cially the portrait of a Dutch cavalier sitting
at an oaken table and grasping goblet of
wine in one hand and clay pipe in the
other, are perhaps the most artistic pictures
in the exhibitions. A dozen pretty land
scapes and Venetian and oriental sketches by
Nicolas Escaler are almostas much admired.
About forty impressioniSt cOntortions, in
vivid red, yellow and green, by Bernard, oc-
cupy the most prominent places in the eX-
hbition. Although success de curosite
they are condemned by nine out OF every ten
persons who see them, but are the most gro
tesque productions ever admitted to an art
show.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07

the white house II is stated that no broken
down politician or men with hobbies will be
appointed. There was demand by Knights
OF Labor for place on the commission. The
ant-monOpOlstS also asked for place.
Corporations made suggestions. All these
have been cast aside. Ii he will accept eX-
Senator ALLEN e.. Thurman, OF Ohio, Will be
president of the commission The president
especially desires him to do so, but there Is
to be great deal of hard work and travel for
the commission, and it is believed Thurman
Will not want it. Others believed to have
been determined upon are ex-senator Viii
liam Windom of Minnesota; Francis ker-
nan, jr., son Of the ex-senator of New York,
and at present railroad commissioner Tor
that state; General j. ii. Wilson, of Della
ware, the famous cavalry leader who com
march to the sea, and who captured JEFF
Davis; Judge Cooley of Michigan, a
professor in the university of Michigan,
lately receiver Tor the Wabash railroads; and
eX-GovcrnOrJames Milton Smith, of Georgia,
should place 90 to the south. In the event
of the Pacific slope getting n place on the
commission, it is said II will 60 to William
II. Swift Ex-Governor Steneman or William
L. Coleman, of California. Among the most
prominent OF others likely to be recognized
are Colonel James II. Howe, of Wisconsin,
nephew of the late Senator Howe of that
state. Chris Magee, of Pennsylvania, is also
among the possibilities in this direction. lie
happens to be the choice OF both the Cameron
and Randall factions. President Cleveland
told a man yesterday that he was anxious to
get the commission organized and the matter
OF appointments out of the way. He does not
take kindly to the suggestion to appoint
either Senator Conger, of Michigan, or Rep
resentative William II. Morrison, of Illinois,
He believes the spirit if not the letter of the
constitution prohibits it, and he does not
want to evade even the spirit of it.
SMALL MENTION.
Lieutenant E. L. Ialinski, Fifth artillery,
is at the Riggs. lie will confer with the
hI ttNa 20,
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07

About O'Clock yesterday morning Z.
A. Booth, Paxton guest, assigned to
room 81, was found to be desperately i'll.
A physician was summoned who pro
nounccd his ailmcnt to be neuralgia OF
the heart. Chloroform was administered
in order to alleviate the pain, and Othci
remedies were used. The sufferer sank
rapidly, however, and died shortly be
fore noon. His employers in New York
City, the A Hull Napor Stove company
were telegraphed to and replied asking
that the body be Forwarded ina sQ'iab,,
casket. The rcmain- will hc srut 10 aay
The deceased was about thirty live yoars
OF age. He had beenln Omaha since tr}
day last, =:
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07

Nashville, Tennessee, Memphis, Kansas City,
MONIES about the sth or 9th of April. They
expect to play Omaha here on their new
grounds April Ii, Il and l6. and then several
exhibition games with Detroit, Chicago and
other league teams till the opening of the
season for the Northwestern league. The
club is receiving a very enthusiastic support,
and ITS friends are confident that II will take
the honorS of the Northwestern league.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07
Those Floating Gambling HelIs.

ICOpWIUt 1857 bD JtlncS Gordon Bcnnett.1
HAVRE, Feb. 6.-INew York Herald Cable
Special to the BEE.l-Quite a commotion
has been caused by the petitions in the
London papers, making ocean steamers, ply
ing between New York and Liverpool sort
of gambling hells. The management of the
trans-Atanuque says such state of affairs as
alleged in the petitions would be impossible
on board their vessels, as the captains have
strict orders to take good care of their pas
sengers, and make their passage as pleasant,
every way, as possible.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07
Pacific Advices Received.

LONDON, Feb. 6.--It is reported that Lord
Salisbury has received pacific adyices from
Sir L. B. Malet at Berlin, and other British am
bassadors. Three of the largest paper manu-
facturers in Germany have instructed their
a-entS in England not to enter into fresh
contracts for paper for they have reason to
believe that the mort of Hamburg is likely to
be closed soon IN consequence OF the war;
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07
Compulsory Military Service

ICopyriDht 1881 by James Gordon Be,rlett.l
BRUSSELS, Feb. 6.-[New York Herald
Cable-Specal to the BEE II have reason
to believe that the Belgian government,
hitherto opposed to compulsory military SER
vice. will hereafter propose it owing to the
war panic and IN accordance with the opin-
ion of the king. The purchase of horses is
going ON here for Belgian cavalry.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07
Stocks In london.

LONDON, Feb. 6.-Under combinations Of
the statement that peace may be expected
there was a strong rally in foreign stocks and
a reaction all round, especially in English
railways securities, for decline in which
there was no reason apart from the war
scares. The markets on the continent are
considered healthier than they were before
the panic, the weaker speculationS having
been Weeded out.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07
Trouble in the Italian Cabinet.

ROME, Feb Ga report is current here
that Count de Robiant, minister of foreign
affairs, has resigned, and the premier is likely
to follow his example.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07
Thc nnhmnne Iimes Destroycd.

DUBUQUE, la, Feb, G.-'Ihe Daily Times
Office was burned at an early hour this morn
ing. The lire caught from a stove in tho
press room in the basement aud ran up the
elevator shaft TO the composing room in tho
thud story, completely cutting the latter.
The type OF the paper is all destroyed, but
the press, editorial rooms and business Office
are only damaged by water. A small edition
WA issued This momng from the Herald
Office. The lDss Is covered by Insurance.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07
A Georgia Negro Lynehed.

ATLANTA, Feb. Ga rumOT reached here
from Chattanooga county that negro has
been lynched there for outraging the
daughter of 4. A, Kendrich.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07

SUEZ, Feb. 6.-llenry Nj. Stanley en-
barked on the steamer Nayarino today for
Zanzibar direct.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07

prophesies that ere long it would enable the
United States, not only to supply the home
demand, but compete with foreign nations
abroad.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-07
Nebraska and Iowa Weather.

For Nebraska and Iowa! kain followed
by iair weather, slight tail in temperature.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-09
E

APPLE For PIE-Pare and coro
any kind Of quick cooking tart apples.
Ii will require a quart of prepared
apples for r family OF three OF foul
persons. make a light crust, using for
that quantity one cup of sour cream, q
ieaspoaHfuI or sal. and M Of soda and
two talleSpoonfuls of shortening with
good beef or pork drips. If the milk is
sweet then fank the soda with two
tablsspoonfuls OF cream tartar; make a
stif paste Ike biscuit and roll out;
take a sma ]. smooth iron pot, one that
viii not blaeken apples when stewed
therein, and grease well on the bottom
with butter, then put in the cored
apples; cut STRIPS of the crust and place
around Tie sides, add in a teaeup Of
cold water. Ioll ont the top cover,
make a deep cash in the center and
cross It in the opposite; have 1t round
and ct il on neatly, wetting the edges
Of the crust; then place it Y e the fire
until it bOils up bIiskly. If you have a
good Ere the oven will 0e ready when
it begins to boil over the top crust.
Here it will cook slowly and be ready
ID about half an hour for the table. l
use a little pot that holds from four to
six quarts If right and cooked good
it VIII drop out whole with light,
creamy crust.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-09

Setter Van, Of Macon, Georgia, is
w~ell-known as n of the best bird dogs
of the land; but now he has immortal
lzed himself. His master was exercising
him in a field where a drove of cattle
was grazing, and Van came to a point
in beautiful form. While his master
was walking slowly up, enjoying the
sight. a big bull walked out from the
drove and advanced upon the motionless
dog with great confidence. To his as
constituent the dog didn't stir. Tie
bull stopped, looked surprised and took
a few more steps. Then he stopped and
looked and again advanced, and so by
degrees he reached the dog and brushed
the extended tail with his nose. Then
Van gave evidence of being alive by
curling the tail deity between his legs,
but otherwise remained as motionless
as a craven image. Somewhat embold-
ened by this success, the bull, appa-
rently still in doubt, slowly put his
horns under Vans hind legs and care
fully lifted him a couple of feet from
the ground. Van never flnched. just
then the birds arose and his master
I'll ed, whereupon the dog turned on
that bull with fury, and chased him
until he had fully avenged the insult.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-09

TIE new incandescent lamp of Mr..
Max Neuthel, which has been patented
in Germany, dispenses with a vacuum.
The Hiament consists of a mixture of
conductors and non-conductoIs of cleo
tricity being composed of magnesia and
porcelain clay, saturated with platin.
oiridum sails and afterward heated to
incandescence IN order to reduce the
absorbed salts to the metallic state.
The inventor supposes that the electric
spark Jumps from n particle to
another, causinga heating action of the
non.conducting substances, which are
thus brought to lncandescence and
emit a strong, steady light. The fila
uents are to be strengthened, when
deemed necessary by a covering OF
chrome, the melting point of which is
still higher than that of platinum.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-09
Changing Stars.

When primitive man learned that
with the lapsing years the oak withered
and the very rock decayed, more slowly
but as surely as himself, he looked up
to the stars as the very types of contrast
to the change he shared, and fondly
deemed them eternal. But now we
have found change there, and that
probably the star clustersand the nebulse,
even if clouds of suns and worlds are
fixed only by comparison with our own
brief years, and, tried by the terms
Of their long existence, are fleet
ing like ourselves. | have real some
where a story about a race of ephemeral
insects who live but an hour. To those
who are born in the early morning the
sunrise is the time of youth. They die
of Old age while his beams are yet gath
ering force, and only their descendants
live Oh to midday; while it is another
race which sees the sun decline from
that which IA him rise. Imagine the
sun about to set, and the whole nation
OF mites gathered under the shadow of
some mushroom Ito them ancient as the
sun itself to hear what their wisest
philosopher has to say of the gloomy
prospect. LII l remember Alright, he first
told them that, increditable as it may
seem there was not only a time in the
worlds youth when the mushroom itself
was young, but the sun in its early ages
was in the eastern, not in the western
sky. Since thence, he explained, the
eyes of scientific ephemera had followed
it, and established from vast experience
the great law of nature, that it moved
only westward; and he showed that
S nee it was now nearing the western
horizon, science herself pointed the
conclusion that it was about to disap-
pear forever together with the great
race of ephemera for whom it was crea-
ted. What his heaTers thought of this
discourse | do not remember, but Ihave
heard that the sun rose again the next
morning,
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-09

FRESH PISEAPPLE PREsERyEs.--
Take nice ripe p~Ineapples; peel them
and pick ont the eyes, and pat them
upon q large dish. Take a silver fork
and tear the pineapple apart and put
the pieces in jars that have hermeti-
cally sealed tops. Take the juice that
came from the fruit and allow one
quarter pound OF sugar to each quart
jar; il not enough juice, add a little
water; when the sugar has melted. fill
the jars. Try and not make more
juice than Will Gil the jars. Fut the
jars into a large hat-bottom kettle; put
a few sticks in the bottom to Ike p the
jars from breaking. Pour cold water
around the Jars. Put on the glass tops,
but not the india rubber pieces. When
tie water boiis, take out the jars and
seal them immediately. This manner
of preserving pineapples retains the
flavor and freshness of the fruit, and
will keep for several years.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-09

WRONG AGAIN.-"Why do we pre-
fer the oets of the past to those OF the
PRESENT." asked the teacher. BE
cause,' replied the smart, bad boy,
"the poets of the past are dead.' -
"And therefore?" suggested the teach
tr. "They cannot write any poetry"
continued the smart. bal boy. "Nei-
Their do the poets of to-day" replied
the teacher, kindly. $50 you are away
off your bare. Go down foot" Aud
the astonished boy began to wonder if
the teacher wasn't getting a little bad
herself. 1t turned out, however, that
a magazine had Just returned her verses
anu published some of Whittier's.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-09
..worn. work. morKi,

How many women there are working to-
day in various branches of industry-to
say nothing of the thousands of patient
housewives whose lives are an unceasipg
round of toil-who are martyrs to those
complaints to which the weaker sex is liza
BILE. Their tasks are rendered doubly hard
and irksome and their lives shortened, yet
hard necessity compels them to keep on.
To such DR.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescrip-
ton" offers q sure means of relief. For all
female weaknesses it is q certain cure. All
druggists. =
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-09

SAxoSY CHEESE CAKEs.-Warm in
a stew pan a pint of good milk, and
gradually STIR into it, on the fire, three
large handfuls of -four; when the paste
is free from Jumps, add a little salt, a
piece OF butter the size of a walnut, a
quarter OF 4 pound of gruyese parme-
san Tor any other good cheese1. or you
nay mix your cheese; it must be cut
into small slices and not grated; take
care that the whole be We'll incorporate
ed, 50 as to be easily turned out of the
stewpans then mix ii With three we'll
beaten eggs and keep the paste warm
till wanted for serving. Then butter
q tin baking dish, put the paste into it
and set in the oven. In ten minutes
the cake should rise like a soufle and
be OF a fine yellow color. 1t should be
well set in every part.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-09
CoIors and Markings of Animals.

BY careful selection aided by great
practical experience, the skilled breeder
can produce almost any color he pleases,
limited only by the range of colors and
markings natural to other animals OF
the family to which the species belongs
on which he is experimenting. Thus
all the marking of the wild FeladR can
be reproduced in the domestic cat
those of the Columbid9 in the pigeon
but the feline markings cannot be pro
duced in the dog, nor the distribution
of color seen in the Australian pigeons
be implanted in the domestic fowl.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-09
SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES.

BUTTERNUT CAKE Prepare one
teacup of DuLteruuU meas, then take
one cup of gooi m1.asses AMI half a
cup of LAID or ans other shortening
desired; pour over the two ingredients
one cup OF billing water, then put in
the nut meats aud add one teAspoonfp'
Of soda, a PM of sifted -four and a
t~easpoGnful OF salt; boat well and bake
in a moderate oyea in a one-loaf cake
dish If liked, the nuts may be omit
ted and a tables 0 OF ginger subst1-
tuted. Bake from a half to three
quarters OF IN hour. Try with a
broom splint.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-09

DELICATE INDIAN PUDDNG.-One
quart OF milk, two heaping tablespoon
fuls of Indian meal, four of sugar, one
of butter, three eggs. one t~easpoonrul
of salt. Boil the milk in the double
boiler; sprinkle the meal into ii, stir.
ring all the while. Cook twelve min
utes, stirring often. Beat together the
eggs, salt, sugar and q half teaspoonfuI
OF ginger. Stir the butter into the
meal and milk. Pour this gradually
on the egg mixture. Bake one hour.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-09

A GOOD "PRoJECTIoN.-Put a can
OF peas into a s'ewpan (irst pouring
OF all the liquor from the can and let
ting the hydrant run over the peas In a
eo!ander until they are thoroughly
washed.) Acd to them in the pan the
heart of Il hea OF cabbage lettuce, cut
into slices and a gill Of stock. Put the
pan over a slow fire and let the con-
tents simmer for an hour and a quar-
ter. Then season well some slices OF
rare cold roast beef with pepper and
salt and add them, also a small onion,
which should be sliced and fried to a
light brown. Simmer again, then stir
IN an ounce of butter rolled in flour,
also a teaspoonful of mustard; let ali
heat up once and serve hot.